Glee’s Lea Michele Opens Up About Life After Cory Monteith

Gracing the cover of December’s Elle Magazine, Lea Michele gave a candid interview where she addressed her life after the death of Glee co-star and boyfriend Cory Monteith. The magazine released the cover, interior images and quotes on Sunday (November 3).

When the news of Monteith’s death broke and Michelle needed to get away, she turned to a co-star fans may not have guessed. “I called [Kate Hudson] and said, ‘I don’t know where I’m going to go because my house is swarmed [with reporters],’” Michelle told Elle. “She was like, ‘Oh, you’re going to stay at my house.’ Like it was nothing. No one knew I was there. I’ll never really be able to thank her, truly, for what she did for me.”

Michelle found herself in a difficult position, returning to the show and paying tribute to her late paramour. “I never thought I would be in this position in my whole life,” Michelle said. “Now that I am in this position, you can choose to rise, and that’s what I’m going to try to do. I know that Cory would want nothing more than for me to take this situation and use it to help people.”